Pintado
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pintado is a noun meaning (now rare, historical) A fine cotton cloth; chintz.
Meaning
(now rare, historical) A fine cotton cloth; chintz.
More Meanings
- The Cape petrel, Daption capense.
- A guinea fowl, especially as food.
- Any of various spotted fishes in tropical waters of the west Atlantic, especially the cero, Scomberomorus regalis.
Example Sentences
a pintado quilt
We now bore away SSE, SE & SEBS as the ice trended, keeping close by the edge of it, where we saw many penguins and whales and many of the ice birds, small grey birds and pintadoes.
Word Forms
- pintados
- pintadoes
Synonyms for pintado
Depending on context, synonyms include cero, kingfish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cero, kingfish, undertint, linen, finnimbrun, clinquant.
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